Recaps

Jiang Ping An traded for refining materials, learned about Xie BenJun, and was tasked with investigating attacks on the shop. He left to investigate with Bao Zhi, while Xie BenJun secretly pursued a stolen Demon Weapon Forging Blueprint.

• Jiang Ping An used the false name Bu Si and had Bao Zhi sell his artifacts and buy Immortal Iron Essence Stone, Purple Origin Crystal Stone, and Dragon Pattern Crystal Stone.
• Bao Zhi told Jiang Ping An that Xie BenJun had returned injured and explained his history as a stingy Immortal-level Refining Master.
• Jiang Ping An visited Xie BenJun, who asked him to manage the shop and investigate whoever was plotting against it, offering only to lend him an immortal sword.
• Xie BenJun revealed that he had stolen a Demon Weapon Forging Blueprint from his longtime friend and hoped to use it to break through to the next realm.
• Jiang Ping An considered fleeing with the sword, but Yun Yao told him to stay and cultivate; Bao Zhi joined him and narrowed the likely culprits to three nearby artifact shops.

Jiang Ping An bluffed Ma Kuo into admitting that the Divine Tower Weapon Pavilion had schemed against the Hundred Weapons Sect’s shop. He then accepted Ma Kuo’s challenge to an artifact-forging contest five days later for the chance to win an Immortal Artifact.

• Jiang Ping An asked Bao Zhi to identify the most suspicious shops, and she pointed out the Divine Tower Weapon Pavilion across the street.
• Jiang Ping An entered the pavilion and falsely accused Ma Kuo of plotting against their shop, prompting Ma Kuo to reveal his guilt.
• Jiang Ping An admitted he had been bluffing and prepared to leave, but Ma Kuo challenged the Hundred Weapons Sect to a contest five days later.
• Jiang Ping An agreed to compete when Ma Kuo offered an Immortal Artifact to the winner and announced a discount to draw customers.
• Bao Zhi worried that Jiang Ping An would lose, but he calmly said he would run if he lost and profit if he won.

Jiang Ping An accepted a refining contest against the Divine Tower Weapon Pavilion for an Immortal artifact, despite knowing little about his standing and alarming Zhou Yuan with the risk to the shop. Five days later, Cultivators gathered to watch as the contest was about to begin, many eager to see Ma Kuo’s skill.

• Jiang Ping An asked Yun Yao about his refining ability, and she called him average but praised his skill at strengthening and forging magical treasures.
• Ma Kuo publicized a contest between the two shops, drawing customers with discounted prices and spreading word of the challenge.
• Zhou Yuan learned that the contest’s loser would have to leave the area and panicked when Bao Zhi told him Ma Kuo was a renowned prodigy with three Strange Fires.
• Jiang Ping An refused to apologize or flee, offered Bao Zhi a valuable magical treasure as compensation, and reassured her that he would handle any danger.
• Five days later, Cultivators and Refining Masters gathered between the shops, anticipating Ma Kuo’s performance.

Jiang Ping An challenged Ma Kuo to an artifact-enhancement contest for an Immortal Artifact, while Ma Kuo used the spectacle to draw customers to his shop. The contest began with Ma Kuo confident that Jiang Ping An’s rune-based method would destroy his sword.

• The Hundred Weapons Sect Branch maids and manager Zhou Yuan tried to distance their shop from Jiang Ping An’s challenge.
• Ma Kuo displayed a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact and agreed to Jiang Ping An’s choice of artifact enhancement as the contest field.
• Jiang Ping An and Ma Kuo inspected each other’s mid-grade Domain Realm treasure swords and confirmed they were suitable for the contest.
• Ma Kuo announced a twenty-percent discount at his shop to attract customers while the contest took place.
• Ma Kuo began enhancing his sword with special refined ore, while Jiang Ping An drew runes to raise the grade of his sword.
• Ma Kuo believed Jiang Ping An’s runes would exceed the sword’s material limit and destroy it.

Jiang Ping An competed with Ma Kuo to enhance magical treasures and used runes to raise a mid-grade Domain Realm treasure sword to high grade in a single day. Ma Kuo lost the first round, and Jiang Ping An offered to sell him the sword.

• Jiang Ping An and Ma Kuo began a magical treasure enhancement contest while Zhou Yuan and Bao Zhi argued over Jiang Ping An’s chances.
• Ma Kuo demonstrated the Divine Tower Weapon Pavilion’s Sky Hammer technique, and Jiang Ping An watched closely and learned from its hammer strokes.
• Jiang Ping An advised Ma Kuo to rely more on his hammer technique, then used a circular rune pattern to enhance his treasure sword.
• The sword’s materials remained unchanged despite its increase from mid-grade to high-grade, leaving Ma Kuo and the Refining Masters stunned.
• Jiang Ping An checked with Yun Yao that the enhancement method was safe, then offered to sell the sword to Ma Kuo, who realized he had lost the first round.

Jiang Ping An accepted Ma Kuo’s second contest, a race to forge the Mystic Treasure Immortal Fire Saber, despite having never forged one before. As the two began, Jiang Ping An revealed a hammer technique that stunned the watching Refining Masters.

• Ma Kuo chose Mystic Treasure forging for the second contest and gave Jiang Ping An the Immortal Fire Saber blueprint.
• Jiang Ping An studied the blueprint and sent Bao Zhi to fetch the materials, while Zhou Yuan tried to stop him and was silenced by Jiang Ping An’s intimidating rebuke.
• Bao Zhi returned with the materials, and Ma Kuo began smelting them with three kinds of Strange Fire.
• Jiang Ping An fixed Immortal Iron Ore in midair with runes and began hammering it without a furnace.
• The Refining Masters recognized Jiang Ping An’s technique as the Ma Family’s supreme Forging Technique, Sky Hammer.

Jiang Ping An used a hammer technique resembling the Ma Family's Sky Hammer to refine and fuse materials in a contest against Ma Kuo, who relied on his Strange Fire. Ma Kuo finished forging his sword ahead of Jiang Ping An and declared victory, with only runes left to inscribe.

• Jiang Ping An imitated the movements of the Ma Family's Sky Hammer, and Ma Kuo recognized that the technique was only a surface-level copy.
• Jiang Ping An used the hammer technique, incorporating Thousand Refinements, to purify and fuse materials while Ma Kuo refined them with his Strange Fire.
• Ma Kuo burned an Immortal Iron Essence Stone to ash after becoming anxious, then recovered and completed the refinement stage before Jiang Ping An.
• The contest lasted for days, and watching Refining Masters assumed Ma Kuo would win as he neared the end of fusion.
• Ma Kuo forged a treasured sword with the pressure of the Great Dao, leaving only the runes to inscribe, and told Jiang Ping An that he had lost.

Jiang Ping An used the Ancient Forging Technique to catch up with Ma Kuo and finished forging an Immortal Fire Saber, winning their contest after tricking Ma Kuo into ruining his own runes. Ma Kuo refused to accept the loss and rushed toward the Immortal-Grade Furnace he had wagered.

• Ma Kuo mocked Jiang Ping An for being months behind, but Jiang began forging with the obsolete Ancient Forging Technique and rapidly shaped his saber while adding runes.
• An elderly Refining Master recognized Jiang Ping An's technique and explained that it could greatly shorten the forging time, making Ma Kuo anxious enough to hurry his rune inscription.
• As their treasures neared completion, Jiang Ping An falsely told Ma Kuo that he had finished, causing Ma Kuo to panic and ruin an important rune.
• Jiang Ping An completed the Immortal Fire Saber, stunning the watching Refining Masters and prompting Bao Zhi to celebrate his victory.
• Ma Kuo, unwilling to surrender the wager, rushed toward the Immortal-Grade Furnace in the sky.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ma Kuo in the forging contests and returned to the Hundred Weapons Sect shop, where Xie BenJun shocked everyone by defending him and showering him with gifts. Jiang Ping An accepted the offerings but grew suspicious of his notoriously stingy master's sudden generosity.

• Jiang Ping An publicly pressured Ma Kuo to honor his promise, then took the golden furnace after Ma Kuo handed it over.
• Ma Kuo ordered his subordinates to investigate Jiang Ping An's identity, while Bao Zhi followed Jiang Ping An back to the shop.
• Zhou Yuan berated Jiang Ping An and Bao Zhi, but Xie BenJun emerged, struck Zhou Yuan, and declared that no one could question his disciple.
• Xie BenJun asked Jiang Ping An why he had become his disciple, and Jiang Ping An said he had wanted to join the Hundred Weapons Sect and would not abandon their bond.
• Xie BenJun erased the spiritual imprint on Jiang Ping An's sword and gave him the shop's profits and three Immortal-Grade Magical Treasure Blueprints, leaving Jiang Ping An suspicious.

Jiang Ping An learned that Xie BenJun planned to use him to forge the demonic Netherworld Bow, but chose to stay and profit from the shop while preparing for danger. Years later, Ma Kuo’s grandfather recognized traces of the ancient Yun Family in Jiang Ping An’s forged magical treasures.

• Xie BenJun left Jiang Ping An to manage the shop and gave him a list of materials, which led Yun Yao to deduce that he planned to forge the Netherworld Bow using the life of someone close to him.
• Jiang Ping An decided not to flee, and promoted Bao Zhi to manage the shop while he focused on refining.
• Jiang Ping An spent years forging increasingly advanced magical treasures and studying the Weapon Enhancement Technique.
• Ma Kuo questioned his spy about Jiang Ping An’s identity, then received word from his grandfather that the treasures bore traces of the ancient Yun Family.

Ma Kuo learned that Bu Si’s artifacts resembled Yun Family creations and plotted to seize his inheritance. After watching the shop for two hundred years, Ma Kuo saw Bu Si leave, only for Bu Si to reveal he had known about the surveillance all along.

• Ma Kuo’s grandfather identified traces of Yun Family craftsmanship in Bu Si’s artifacts and suspected Bu Si had inherited the family’s forging techniques.
• Ma Kuo enlisted Xing Jie Wu to capture Bu Si when he left the Hundred Weapons Sect shop, promising him two Earth Immortal-grade Immortal Artifacts.
• Ma Kuo secretly watched the shop for two hundred years while Bu Si remained inside and the business grew into a busy, hundred-story building.
• When Bu Si finally stepped outside, he invited Ma Kuo over for tea and revealed that he knew Ma Kuo had been watching him.
• Ma Kuo realized he had waited in vain and angrily vowed to kill Bu Si.

Jiang Ping An provoked Ma Kuo into an Immortal Dao–bound wager and fought him in the starry sky, despite being a minor realm weaker. The battle remained deadlocked as Bao Zhi worried below and the hired Immortals waited to intervene if Jiang Ping An faced danger.

• Jiang Ping An refused Ma Kuo’s challenge at first, mocking him for breaking his word in their earlier refining contest.
• Ma Kuo swore an Immortal Dao Contract, wagering his shop and its treasures if he lost, and Jiang Ping An agreed to fight.
• Ma Kuo attacked Jiang Ping An with his fire-attribute blade and three Strange Fires, while Jiang Ping An countered with a staff and the Soaring Dragon Twelve Staffs.
• Cultivators gathered to watch the two shopkeepers clash, and their battle remained evenly matched.
• Bao Zhi rushed out after hearing Jiang Ping An was fighting Ma Kuo and asked the two hired Immortals to save him if he was in danger.
• The black-bearded Immortal warned that Jiang Ping An’s chances were poor if he relied only on his staff technique, while Bao Zhi insisted they intervene at the first sign of danger.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ma Kuo in their shop wager by wearing him down, then cowed him with a terrifying burst of killing intent. Ma Kuo attacked the apparent victor from behind, but the slash only destroyed Jiang Ping An’s clone, leaving the real Jiang Ping An unharmed at the Hundred Weapons Sect shop.

• Jiang Ping An taunted Ma Kuo into wasting energy, then used the Strength Law to weaken him through their prolonged fight.
• Jiang Ping An revealed his killing intent, frightening Ma Kuo into drawing an immortal saber and conceding the shop.
• Ma Kuo attacked Jiang Ping An from behind with the immortal saber while Xing Jie Wu delayed Bao Zhi’s Immortals.
• The saber cut Jiang Ping An in two, but his body dispersed into immortal energy, revealing that Ma Kuo had struck a clone.
• Jiang Ping An appeared at the Hundred Weapons Sect shop entrance, calmly drinking tea as the spectators realized the fighter may have been a clone all along.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ma Kuo with a clone, but Xie BenJun unexpectedly returned and told him to accompany him to forge the Netherworld Bow. Suspecting his master intended to sacrifice him, Jiang Ping An completed his pending orders and left Bao Zhi with a farewell before departing with Xie BenJun.

• Jiang Ping An told Bao Zhi to claim the treasures from Ma Kuo’s shop after his clone defeated Ma Kuo, who then flew away.
• Xie BenJun returned early and invited Jiang Ping An to observe him forge the Netherworld Bow in the Netherworld Land, intending to sacrifice his closest kin to complete the weapon.
• Jiang Ping An tried to delay their departure by saying he had orders to finish, and Xie BenJun agreed to wait ten days while secretly monitoring him.
• Jiang Ping An spent five days refining the outstanding orders, then told Bao Zhi through Divine Sense that he might not return and revealed his real name.
• Jiang Ping An left Bao Zhi behind and departed.

Jiang Ping An accompanied Xie BenJun to the Netherworld Land, where his master tried to forge the Netherworld Bow as a Dao-proving treasure. When Xie BenJun prepared to use him in the final step, Jiang Ping An attacked and fled with the unfinished bow, but the Immortal swiftly caught up.

• Jiang Ping An joined Xie BenJun on a teleportation journey to the Netherworld Land, where Xie BenJun explained his ambition to rise among the Immortals by forging a demonic weapon.
• Xie BenJun drew Netherworld Fire from a cliff and began refining the Netherworld Bow while teaching Jiang Ping An about immortal-grade weapon refinement.
• As the bow neared completion, Xie BenJun wept over his plan to refine Jiang Ping An into an artifact spirit and asked whether his disciple had any wishes.
• Jiang Ping An attacked Xie BenJun with the Void Breaking Bracelet, sent his shattered head into the Netherworld Fire, and used the Devouring Heaven Bottle to capture half his body.
• Jiang Ping An seized the unfinished Netherworld Bow and fled, but Xie BenJun reassembled himself and caught up with him.

Jiang Ping An repeatedly ambushed Xie BenJun, severely injuring the Immortal with exploding artifacts and an Immortal-Level Talisman. As Xie BenJun prepared to fight back, Jiang Ping An unleashed his combined body and domains, leaving Xie BenJun stunned by the power of a Domain Realm Cultivator.

• Xie BenJun realized Jiang Ping An had attacked to stop the demonic weapon forging and struck back, but Jiang Ping An detonated an immortal sword and escaped with the Void Breaking Bracelet.
• Xie BenJun pursued Jiang Ping An and blocked his exploding immortal saber, then seized him by the throat.
• Jiang Ping An activated an Immortal-Level Talisman on his back, and its explosion gravely wounded Xie BenJun.
• Jiang Ping An survived the blast, cut Xie BenJun in half with an immortal sword, and swallowed part of his body with a Black Hole.
• Xie BenJun charged again, but Jiang Ping An fused with the Devouring Clone and unleashed his domains, Battle God Divine Art, and Invincible Belief, terrifying Xie BenJun.

Jiang Ping An fought Xie BenJun, an Immortal, and used the Origin Fruits to break through to the Domain Realm Late Stage. Xie BenJun recognized Jiang Ping An too late, as Jiang Ping An’s Battle Body arrived behind him.

• Jiang Ping An clashed with Xie BenJun, whose Wind and Fire Immortal Dao battered him with Immortal Dao Rules.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed the three Origin Fruits and broke through from the Domain Realm Middle Stage to the Domain Realm Late Stage.
• Jiang Ping An used his Annihilation Fist and Invincible Belief to keep fighting Xie BenJun on nearly even terms.
• Xie BenJun suspected Jiang Ping An was the famed prodigy but doubted it because his opponent had only three domains and no Battle Body.
• Jiang Ping An’s Battle Body arrived, and Xie BenJun realized the man he was fighting was the Jiang Ping An from the rumors.

Jiang Ping An fused his bodies and trapped Xie BenJun in an immortal formation, turning their confrontation into a prolonged fight to the death. Both were left grievously wounded, and the battle continued with neither able to escape.

• Jiang Ping An used the Void Breaking Bracelet to redirect Xie BenJun and damaged his Formation Banner with Thousand Refinements.
• Jiang Ping An's Battle Body fused with his other bodies, combining his Five Great Domains and unleashing a terrifying aura.
• Xie BenJun tried to flee, but Jiang Ping An's prepared immortal formation blocked his escape.
• Xie BenJun offered Jiang Ping An his remaining shops, but Jiang Ping An rejected the bargain and resumed attacking.
• Jiang Ping An and Xie BenJun fought for months or years, both gravely wounded as the battle continued without a clear victor.

Jiang Ping An fought Xie BenJun until the Immortal burned his life force and fled into the Netherworld Fire, transforming into a powerful evil fiend. Jiang Ping An then trapped Xie BenJun in an illusion that made him relive painful memories of his master.

• Jiang Ping An shattered Xie BenJun’s immortal artifact array flag and overwhelmed him as their battle drained the Immortal’s energy.
• Xie BenJun burned his life force and rushed toward the cliff, where he absorbed Netherworld Fire and transformed into an evil fiend.
• Xie BenJun attacked Jiang Ping An with black flames, burning away his armor, then threatened to kill his family.
• Jiang Ping An asked Xie BenJun about the most painful experience of his life and used Mental Power to cast an illusion of his former master.
• Xie BenJun recognized the scene as an illusion and realized Jiang Ping An had concealed Mental Power.

Jiang Ping An killed Xie BenJun after trapping him with Reincarnation and devouring his energy, but Ouyang Zhuori ambushed him as he rested. Jiang Ping An survived the surprise attack and faced Ouyang Zhuori, then unleashed the combined power of the Selfless State and Heart of Slaughter as their fight continued.

• Jiang Ping An used Reincarnation to leave Xie BenJun unable to fight, then destroyed his energy and let the five Great Laws wear away his Immortal Bone.
• Jiang Ping An collapsed from exhaustion after defeating Xie BenJun, and Ouyang Zhuori ambushed him with a palm strike that shattered his body.
• Ouyang Zhuori revealed that he served the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode and contacted his father, but Jiang Ping An struck him from behind with an exploding immortal sword and fled.
• Ouyang Zhuori pursued Jiang Ping An and attacked with his treasured sword, while Jiang Ping An used the Void Breaking Bracelet to redirect a sword strike.
• Jiang Ping An closed his eyes and entered a state where the Selfless State and Heart of Slaughter let his body fight by instinct, shocking Ouyang Zhuori with his increased strength.

Jiang Ping An fought Ouyang Zhuori, an Immortal Sword Dao prodigy, and used a dangerous forbidden technique to try to strip away his opponent’s talent. After a fierce exchange, Jiang Ping An’s defenses failed and he crashed to the ground, leaving Ouyang Zhuori convinced he had won.

• Ouyang Zhuori ignited his origin with a forbidden technique, greatly increasing his power and forcing Jiang Ping An to defend himself while searching for a chance to escape.
• Jiang Ping An warned Ouyang Zhuori to leave, then summoned an assassin with his mental secret art “Rebirth” and gave him Ouyang Zhuori’s blood to use in a talent-stripping technique.
• Jiang Ping An activated “Divine Spirit Body” and charged Ouyang Zhuori, enduring a powerful sword strike before punching him back with strength boosted by five kinds of law power.
• Jiang Ping An and Ouyang Zhuori traded attacks until Jiang Ping An’s aura weakened, and Ouyang Zhuori struck him across the chest, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Ouyang Zhuori saw Jiang Ping An’s golden light disappear and declared the battle over.

After Jiang Ping An sacrificed ten thousand years of lifespan to strip Ouyang Zhuori of his sword talent, Ouyang trapped him with the Ten Immortal Swords. Miao Xia arrived to save Jiang Ping An, and the pair fought Ouyang together.

• Ouyang Zhuori lost his Innate Sword Embryo and Sword Dao talent after Jiang Ping An used a forbidden technique at the cost of ten thousand years of lifespan.
• Jiang Ping An fought the weakened Ouyang Zhuori but remained at a disadvantage because of his injuries and their previous battle with Xie BenJun.
• Ouyang Zhuori surrounded Jiang Ping An with the Ten Immortal Swords, leaving Jiang convinced he was about to die.
• Miao Xia arrived after tracking Jiang Ping An with a talisman she had secretly drawn on him and attacked Ouyang Zhuori.
• Jiang Ping An and Miao Xia coordinated their attacks, while Ouyang Zhuori threatened war between their sects and Miao Xia refused to back down.

Jiang Ping An stopped Ouyang Zhuori from detonating the Ten Immortal Swords, and Miao Xia shielded him from Ouyang Zhuori’s apparent self-destruction. The pair left believing Ouyang Zhuori was dead, but he later revealed he had survived in disguise.

• Ouyang Zhuori tried to blow up the Ten Immortal Swords, but Jiang Ping An used the Weapon Enhancement Technique to strengthen them and halt their self-destruction.
• Miao Xia used her Divine Spirit Body to seize the Ten Immortal Swords and throw them onto the sun, while Ouyang Zhuori burned his life force to self-destruct.
• Miao Xia shielded Jiang Ping An from the blast, then searched for traces of Ouyang Zhuori and retrieved the Ten Immortal Swords.
• Jiang Ping An showed Miao Xia more than ten immortal artifacts and told her about his recent adventures; she took a saber he had prepared for her.
• Several days after Jiang Ping An and Miao Xia left, Ouyang Zhuori emerged from a disguised stone, and the pair revealed from the void that they had expected him to survive.

Jiang Ping An and Miao Xia killed Ouyang Zhuori, prompting his father to prepare the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode for war against the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect. They then reunited with Bao Zhi, whose successful shop and feelings for Jiang Ping An caught Miao Xia’s attention.

• Miao Xia killed Ouyang Zhuori after Jiang Ping An exposed his attempt to hide, and Ouyang Hongyun sensed his son’s death and ordered the Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode to prepare for all-out war.
• At the Hundred Weapons Sect Branch, Bao Zhi reflected on missing Jiang Ping An before he and Miao Xia arrived at her shop.
• Bao Zhi recognized Jiang Ping An and greeted him excitedly, but Miao Xia stopped her from embracing him and teased her about wanting him.
• Miao Xia and Jiang Ping An praised Bao Zhi’s business, whose daily profits had grown fivefold while he was away.
• Miao Xia demanded ten percent of Bao Zhi’s future earnings and proposed bringing her along whenever she forced herself on Jiang Ping An, leaving Bao Zhi and Jiang Ping An stunned.

Jiang Ping An recovered from his battle wounds and joined Miao Xia on the journey back to support the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect after Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode launched an all-out war. As the fighting spread and rumors circulated about Ouyang Zhuori’s death, Wang Yang rushed to help besieged sect disciples and discovered they had turned against him.

• Jiang Ping An learned that his lost lifespan could only be restored a little, and resolved not to give up despite the Divine Punishment Heavenly Tribulation awaiting him.
• Miao Xia told Jiang Ping An that Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode had launched an all-out war, and he insisted on returning with her to help the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect.
• Jiang Ping An left Bao Zhi behind to take over Xie BenJun’s shops, while Miao Xia followed him toward the sect.
• Cultivators across the Illusory Moon Region spread conflicting rumors about Ouyang Zhuori’s death and Jiang Ping An’s role in the battle.
• Wang Yang answered a call for support at Moon Sea, where the sect disciples he came to rescue suddenly attacked him and joined his enemies’ encirclement.